The Bathroom Ceiling

The entire house has 8 1/2 ft ceilings - for some reason, they made the ceiling in the bathroom about 6 1/2 ft. We cut a big hole in it today to wire up more of the upstairs. Surprisingly, the "real" ceiling underneath this fake drop down ceiling is in pretty decent shape. Unfortunatly, James removed the heat lamp - I enjoyed hanging out in there with the big, red flood light on.

Good-Bye Fake Decorative Wall

We took off the fake wall in the kitchen today. We also took down half the ceiling to start wiring up the upstairs.

Thursday Night Demolition!

We got the kids to bed and we should have gone to bed ourselves, but instead, James decided to destroy the kitchen a little and I destroyed the downstairs bathroom.

Underneath the beautiful brick backsplash, we discoved more wallpaper. This one was a beauty.

I discoved a little mold behind the shower which was a pleasant aroma.

Boring

I've been scraping away wallpaper paste in the dining room. A lot of work without much to show for it.

Getting There...

We spent President's Day Weekend wiring up the dining room, living room and hallway. Uncle Paul came over and helped with some of it and helped by watching the kids. Ben loves his uncles and Tom does too!

I've started taking down the wallpaper that was found after tearing down the dropdown ceiling. It's not that bad and I'm not going to put too much effort into this since moulding is just going to cover it anyways. As you can see, our downstairs is a scattered mess. It's a fun mess though.

Our Home without the Lattice!

I finally got out and took a picture of our place without the lattice!

A Trip to Lowe's...AGAIN!

We go to home improvement stores all the time. Ben is sick of it. We need to figure out how to rearrange our kitchen before we do any major purchase...but it's hard! I think we've decided to take out the downstairs shower completely and just make it a half bath. Time to demo it! Well soon...not quite yet.

Starting the Electrical

We cut the Knob and Tube and have started cutting the boxes for the new electrical service! The only things we lost by cutting the Knob and Tube are the front porch light, entry light and the light in the upstairs hallway. It makes walking up the stairs at night adventurous - and another reason to hurry this project up!

This is what knob and tube looks like! Dangerous!

We have the living room complete and hope to do the dining room and one bedroom next weekend. We're kind of in a crunch about the kitchen because we're not sure where everything is going to end up there. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Ripping Apart the Kitchen

Pulling off the wood paneling and peeling more wallpaper!

The Drop Down Ceiling is Gone!

Since we're wild and crazy, we spent our Saturday night ripping down our dining room ceiling. We're not too happy with the original ceiling so we'll throw up some drywall after the electrical is updated. It did add about a foot to the room though by removing it.

The Dining Room Wallpaper Is Gone!

The Dining Room wallpaper is gone. We have to clean up the glue but we're happy so far. Tomorrow we'll rip down the drop down ceiling.